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"Those who missed their wassailing fix this year, fear not: you can still get your pomaceous kicks with a screening of this lovingly made Heritage Fund documentary celebrating the humble apple and the centuries of folklore surrounding it. Screened in suitably Cubey style with games, refreshments + more."
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A event held at The Cube on Tuesday 24th February. The event starts at 19:30.
Join us at The Cube for an evening of film, silliness and apple games. Welcome to the Orchard of England has delighted film festival audiences, from Greek islands to Korean mountain villages. It’s been so popular in Herefordshire that two local schools have put it on the syllabus. Now, for the first time ever, ‘Welcome to the Orchard of England’ is coming to Bristol.
Known historically as the Orchard of England, Herefordshire is apple country. Sat in the middle is the ancient market town of Leominster, where people have been growing, picking, eating, stealing, throwing, pressing, cooking, and honouring apples for many generations. This award-winning documentary brings together a wide-ranging and eccentric cast of local people – farmers, Travellers, former apple-pickers, clergymen, wassailers, cider makers, fruit sellers – to explore the deep relationship between the people of this area and its historic crop. Part portrait of a fading way of life, part celebration of how a living culture continues to manifest itself, the film raises deep questions about human nature. Expect games, pies, dancing, petty crime, and varieties of apple beyond your most delirious dreams. Prepare to honour the apple.
This film was made possible with the support of the UK's National Lottery Heritage Fund, Leominster Town Council and Leominster Cultural Consortium.
Entry requirements: 18+
Known historically as the Orchard of England, Herefordshire is apple country. Sat in the middle is the ancient market town of Leominster, where people have been growing, picking, eating, stealing, throwing, pressing, cooking, and honouring apples for many generations. This award-winning documentary brings together a wide-ranging and eccentric cast of local people – farmers, Travellers, former apple-pickers, clergymen, wassailers, cider makers, fruit sellers – to explore the deep relationship between the people of this area and its historic crop. Part portrait of a fading way of life, part celebration of how a living culture continues to manifest itself, the film raises deep questions about human nature. Expect games, pies, dancing, petty crime, and varieties of apple beyond your most delirious dreams. Prepare to honour the apple.
This film was made possible with the support of the UK's National Lottery Heritage Fund, Leominster Town Council and Leominster Cultural Consortium.
Entry requirements: 18+
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